...I think that race and ethnicity in everyday life in the United States is important, but less so than it used to be. Now that people are being more desensitized to ethnicity at younger ages and everyone is more accepting of people that it is becoming lesser of an issue. Since people are more open about other races and religions that there is not much of a social barrier anymore. Yes, race and ethnicity are important because they help define individuals. When those individuals are in groups of people who could care less about what color they are, because they accept people by character, then I do not think that the topic is relevant. I know that not everyone like every race and ethnicity because of some personal vendetta against them, those people are the ones who are still making it an issue. Race still matters for those who think that some people are more superior to others, or they hold negative stereotypes towards other races. I still think that race and ethnicity are important under certain circumstances. A good example would be in schooling. It is not important in the way that children will segregate those who are different from them, but in the way that it would be a great learning tool for them to experience diversity. The kids would get personal experience with different ethnicities and that would help them break down any sort of social barrier they have in their mind about other races. I know little kids can be weird when it comes to topics like people with different...
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...Defining Race and Ethnicity Chad Moon Ethics / 125 Dr. Collins 8-22-2011 Race and Ethnicity in my terms are very similar in the way that people respond to each of them, but are actually quite different. Race is groups of minorities or majorities that are classified based solely on what physical differences are present. Some examples of race are; Hispanic or Latino, Caucasian, African American, or Asian. Each group is set apart from the rest by physical characteristics such as skin color, eye shape, or other not so noticeable cues. Different societies describe race using different characteristics than other countries, in America the black population is often characterized solely on their darker skin color or height. When comparing my definition of race to the definition of ethnicity there is clearly a big difference between the two. Ethnicity is not how we describe people, rather how we describe the culture from which they get their heritage. We generally describe the culture from the country in which the individual has moved from. A prime example of ethnicity in the United States is the Oriental ethnic group, which is very common in almost all cities throughout America. In larger cities, because of the way America works, you can see different segregations of the cultures such as china town or one that is becoming more and more popular is the temples and places of worship of Islamic ethnicity. The concepts of race and ethnicity are important in the United...
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...Defining Race and Ethnicity Robert Cogg * Race is a very real topic in American society. Although race is a subject that is not easily and very scarcely talked about, the conversation is much needed and should be addressed at a much more frequency. Race and ethnicity come up in some way, shape, fashion or form in our everyday lives whether we like it or not. I will define what both race and ethnicity mean to me and how these terms are important in our society. Defining Race and Ethnicity Being that I am an African American male, race and ethnicity are very relevant in my everyday life. I have been discriminated against, and hired, both because of my race. I have been denied and accepted on the basis of my race. Ethnicity is defined as an ethnic group of people whose members identify with each other, through a common heritage that is real or assumed- sharing cultural characteristics. Race is defined as the categorization of humans into populations or ancestral groups on the basis of various sets of heritable characteristics. This being understood, systematically and historically my race is that of a discriminated one. History has shown that African Americans suffered slavery, and still suffer the effects of slavery to this day. This is what makes race and ethnicity relevant to me. In my everyday life I may have to list my race at any moment. If I fill out a job application I am asked my race and ethnicity. If race doesn’t matter, then why am I asked? If there...
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...Race or Ethnicity Jessica Hamilton Eng. 125 Prof. Abonado November 27, 2013 The two literary works that I have chosen from this course to discuss are “Country Lovers” and the other is “What it’s like to be a Black Girl”. The themes these two share are race and ethnicity. Between these two, Country Lovers is the short story and the poem is What It’s like to be a Black Girl, and tells us the background of race and also describes the dilemma of ethnicity. In the short story and in the poem race or ethnicity was distinguished and represented by the black female. The main characters in both of the literary works mentioned are the black females. Both black females in the short story and poem are seen differently in society because of their racial backgrounds and their skin color, but their character play an important role in each. The main character both the short story and the poem was about the black female. There are still racial and ethical problems witnessed and experienced in today’s society in places such as the general public, the work place, and even schools. This was not a subject that was discussed enough because it was very sensitive and the outcomes of the discussions were normally filled with anger or depression. Country Lovers and What It’s Like TO be A Black Girl use the same theme like ethnicity or race. Nadine Goriner wrote the short story, Country Lovers, in 1975. It took place in South Africa. Country Lovers is about the love between a young white boy named Paulus...
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...Race and Ethnicity in Police Employment Practices Isabel R. Rodriguez University of Phoenix October 3, 2011 Blanche Cook Race and Ethnicity in Police Employment Practices An important part of the United States workforce is made up of police officers. The number of police officers employed has grown drastically over the past few years. However, although the number of police officers employed has increased, public scrutiny has as well. The police employment practices have affected the publics’ perception of the police because of the factors involved as well as the desire to seek employment in law enforcement. The paper below will describe some of the factors involved with race and ethnicity when seeking police careers. Diversity among the law enforcement was limited until several years ago. A significant positive change has been seen in the perceptions of minorities within the employment of law enforcement. This helps to redress the historic workplace inequity by having police forces better reflect ethnic constituency of society (Perrott, 1999). However, minorities are still more likely to suffer inequalities. These inequalities are shaped by structural constraints that include childhood and adult poverty, unemployment, inadequate health care, and lack of economic and education opportunities (Smith, 2009). Minorities are also placed at the bottom of the social class. Because of these inequalities, employment with the police department has been difficult to achieve as some...
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...RACE AND ETHNICITY These words have such a strong meaning for me. They define me and have shaped my entire life. These two words will forever be a part of my life, my family, my career and my dreams. My race can be told before you ever hear me speak. I can never be mistaken as something else. There will always be preconceived ideas about me just because of my race. As you probably have already guessed I am black. In our country the politically correct term is African American but to me, I am a Black American. This view has cause a lot of discussion within my own race as you can imagine. My ethnicity is closely tied to my race. The culture in my community is very different from a lot of others I have met and so similar to some. I laugh because of a lot of the assumptions that neither I nor my children fit. In this country, to me, your race and ethnicity shapes everything about you as a person. Because of your ethnicity, you wind up having certain beliefs regarding religion, politics, how you raise your children and type of career you choose. Depending on the type of upbringing you have will determine what your views are. The thing is that your race and ethnicity determines what type of upbringing you will receive which in turns controls everything else. The only thing with any of this is that you should always strive to look beyond those two things and try to see life from another view and have patience and tolerance for beliefs and people that are not...
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...Write a journal entry about: (a) any topic covered in the readings for the Lesson about which you feel strongly (they can impressions, whether you agree or disagree with the readings/thinkers etc., anything that shows me you are reflecting on the topics/readings) OR (b) in response to ONE of the possible questions or prompts below. NOTE: Journal entries are almost like opinion pieces. There are no right or wrong answers to these. You will be graded on whether your content is relevant to the question to which you are responding or some topic covered in the readings for this Lesson and on the length of your response. Possible questions: 1. Do you think any or all of Aquinas’ five proofs for the existence of God are good ones Which One (s)? Explain. 2. Does the problem of evil in the world influence your thinking about religion? Why or why not? If you have a belief in God, how do you reconcile the existence of evil with your concept of God? Would it be worth it to lose our freedom of the will in order to live in a perfect world? From all the reading assigned for this lesson, the one in ch 7, Section 7.4, Can We Prove The Existence of God, called my attention the most. Many philosophers, theologists, writers have tried to answer this question without however a concrete answer. One of the reasons why this question is so complicated to answer is because to proof something one must have definitive evidence of one’s argument, and...
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...ENG 101 What role does race and ethnicity play in my life? Name: Shanshan Dai The terms race and ethnicity were complicated ones to me. My attitude to these two terms was that they somehow overlaps with each other, in the sense that people from the same ethic group usually share the same race to some extent, while race is more of a exterior factor, like the physical appearance. I first try to get myself more understanding of what this means. Obviously a number of philosophers and academicians had approached these definitions in many profound ways. A simple way of definition that appeals to me is that ethnicity is used to define a group of people whose members identify with each other through a common heritage, consisting of a common culture, and may also stress common ancestry and religion, as opposed to an ethnic minority group which refers to race. Speaking of the role of race and ethnicity in my life, I guess the first thing is to identify my racial and ethnic position. My identity is not a complex one. In other words, as an Asian Chinese born and raised in China, I do not see myself has a mixed racial or ethic background. Neither part of my parents’ family has any foreign origin or family members from outsider culture. The role of race and ethnicity plays differently as I grew up, of which can be perceived into three phases – before the age of 19, when I left home to the United Kingdom for the first time; to my four years abroad in the UK; and then move to...
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...Race and Ethnicity ENG 125: Introduction to Literature Instructor: 08/11/14 In today’s society racism is still a problem just like it was in the past. It is not publicized as before but it is still alive and well in society. With America being a melting pot of race and ethnicity one would think this issue should not exist. I chose the two poems What it’s like to be a black girl by Patricia Smith and Child of the Americas by Aurora Levins Morales. These two poems are written from a women’s perspective about how racial discrimination is perceived in America. Racism is no longer just a black and white my paper will show how these two pieces showed how cultures are subjected to discrimination. The title of these two poems catch my attention one being I am a black girl and two I am a child of America. I too have faced some challenges that are discussed in these poems. In a country that was founded and built on immigrants society makes a big deal about a person’s race and culture. Why does race matter? Does it make you a better person? Does it make you prettier? Sadly our society has placed into the heads of young women that pretty means lighter skin. That being pretty gives you an easier life. The authors of these two poems are African American and Puerto Rican and they have both faced forms of racial discrimination. In America girls were raised that Caucasian was the accepted race. “It’s dropping food coloring in your eyes to make them blue and...
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...Social Issues Race and Ethnicity Defining Race and Ethnicity Robert Cogg * Race is a very real topic in American society. Although race is a subject that is not easily and very scarcely talked about, the conversation is much needed and should be addressed at a much more frequency. Race and ethnicity come up in some way, shape, fashion or form in our everyday lives whether we like it or not. I will define what both race and ethnicity mean to me and how these terms are important in our society. Defining Race and Ethnicity Being that I am an African American male, race and ethnicity are very relevant in my everyday life. I have been discriminated against, and hired, both because of my race. I have been denied and accepted on the basis of my race. Ethnicity is defined as an ethnic group of people whose members identify with each other, through a common heritage that is real or assumed- sharing cultural characteristics. Race is defined as the categorization of humans into populations or ancestral groups on the basis of various sets of heritable characteristics. This being understood, systematically and historically my race is that of a discriminated one. History has shown that African Americans suffered slavery, and still suffer the effects of slavery to this day. This is what makes race and ethnicity relevant to me. In my everyday life I may have to list my race at any moment. If I fill out a job application I am asked my race and ethnicity. If race doesn’t matter...
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...MGMT 450-88 Diversity Management Race/Ethnicity Substantive Paper Spring 2016 1. The Abercrombie & Fitch (A&F) website makes many formal statements regarding their vast diversity mindset and efforts to be diverse. The main Diversity page lists the following statement from John Gabrielli who is the Senior Vice President, “Diversity and inclusion are key to our organization’s success. We are determined to have a diverse culture, throughout our organization, that benefits from the perspective of each individual.” Their “Commitment” to Diversity states that they, “embrace all backgrounds, cultures, perspectives and thinking styles.” They go on to state that they value the uniqueness and leverage their diversity to strengthen their brand. The “What it Means to Us” page goes on to elaborate on the broad definition of diversity and that it includes “what’s seen and unseen” and also includes “race, gender, family, sexual orientation, work experience, physical ability, and religion.” The definition of inclusion is listed next which states that they “embrace those differences.” The “Diversity & Inclusion Team” page provides information on what they do. They want to attract a more diverse group of people and create an “inclusive environment that values the differences of its associates and customers.” They state that they promote diversity and use diversity to their advantage which in turn helps their position in the marketplace. A&F trains their management teams...
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...l Race and Juvenile Delinquency by Dubien Tshimanga SOCIOLOGY & ANTHROPOLOGY CAPSTONE PRINCIPIA COLLEGE APRIL 2015 ABSTRACT Throughout history, the struggle of minorities has been seen in many facets of life such as in history, literature, music and film: Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi fought for the right of unrepresented minorities. Books such as Too Kill a Mocking Bird spoke to the prejudices of a community. Movies such as Roots illustrated the hardship of the slaves. From the Roman’s persecution of Christians to today’s rap song lyrics about economic disparities the plight of the minority has been fought for millennium. This research examines the struggle of minorities within the juvenile justice system and the differential rates of adjudication and length of sentencing between the white majority and the black minority juvenile offenders. During the course of this research, additional insights were gained from an internship at a youth correctional center as well as drawing on my own personal experience as a refugee from Gabon. The findings of my research demonstrate that minority offenders do receive harsher sentences than the whites, and that there are several factors contributing to higher rates of juvenile delinquency among African Americans; primarily education and community. To consider the struggle of minorities is important because it creates awareness that the maltreatment of a minority group by the dominant majority often...
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...have considerably less control or power over their own lives; compared to the members of a majority or dominant group. Minority groups are Asians, American Indians, African Americans, and Hispanic’s. How does Schaefer define the terms, race and ethnicity? Racial groups are defined as a group of people who all have some sort of physical difference from the majority groups who do not have these physical differences. This is not only including people from minority groups, but also those in the majority group who have been set apart socially because of a physical difference. Racial ethnicity is a group of minorities that have been set apart from others because of their natural origin or a distinctive cultural difference. These cultural differences would include language, food habits, and attitudes towards marriage and parenting. Why are these concepts important to United States society? I would say that these concepts are very important to the United States and other countries. One thing that I know is that I was never really taught what all of this means. But I do know that it all matters. I don’t think that race or anything should define what kind of person you are. I think that anyone should be able to get any kind of job no matter what race or group we belong to. These concepts are very important to learn so that the United States can become a better place without defining who you are or where you came from. I think they are important so that we can also have a good relationship...
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...Similarities of Poetry & Short stories Poetry and short stories show how they are arranged and printed. The difference between the two are, poetry often reflects a lyrical flow about the rhythm. Short stories entail’s a commentary of specific events and actions of a particular condition or situation. The way literary forms affect how I read and respond to them is that, it immediately shows if the poem or short story has an emotional tone or set imagination. “The writers of these poems, using strikingly dissimilar poetic styles, present unconventional attitudes toward death and create surprising images of death” (Clugston, 2010). The two short stories I have chosen is the poem “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” written by Emily Dickinson in 1890-1983 and story “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” written by James Thurber in 1939. These two stories take place in two different time zones. The main character, in each story, differs in death and position. However, these two stories share a similar message concerning life and marriage. Obviously, Emily Dickinson and James Thurber are two very different writers who lived in different periods, but their shared internal struggles with marriage, life and diversion undeniably connects them. Each of these stories is a literary portraits of marriage, but more specifically, each is a description of the constraints of marriage for both men and women. However, Thurber treats Mitty’s actions humorously, but notice how the humor calls...
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...Richard Gooden Intro to Soc Professor Jackson Race and Ethnicity Arts America has been described as a nation founded for the people by the people. Critics argue that it was founded by and for white male Europeans. So which one is it? By viewing this exhibition, it shall become quite clear that this country was not founded by and for all the people. Indeed, African Americans did not found this nation nor was it founded for their benefit. Their white counterparts founded it on their backs. And unfortunately, they are still looked down upon today. By whites castigating them as black or even by stereotyping themselves, it does still matter today if you are black or white. The following exhibition will show American art's progressive portrayal of blacks as an inferior race. In 1710, Justus Engelhardt Kuhn painted Henry Darnall III as a Child. In this painting a young white boy along with his black child slave stands on a balcony overlooking his estate's elaborate gardens. The slave stands behind his master, holding a dead bird that the master has just killed after a hunt. The slave is not placed directly on the balcony with his master but behind the ledge so that he can not come too close to the white boy. This indicated a clear distinction between the two races. And to further subjugate the slave, he is given a facial expression tantamount to adoration of his master. He is not a person but rather like a puppy. One can treat a puppy however they want since animals have no...
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